Kurt Johnstad Quotes
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.
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Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.
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Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.
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The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
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The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.
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I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.
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I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
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Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in a pejorative sense, I just mean, these are different stories that we tell ourselves when we go to work.
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The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.
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I love heels... whoever created heels is amazing!
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The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about modulating what's already there.
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It's how I've lived my life. You show up, work hard, and be humble.
